Category Archives: Politics
The Lessons of LBJ and Robert McNamara for Barack Obama
Robert McNamara died this week, but his life holds lessons for Barack Obama’s presidency. Arguably the leading light of JFK’s…Continue reading
Will Higher Savings Help or Hurt the Economy?
What happens if Americans come out of the current downturn with a serious commitment to save more? There are many…Continue reading
Sensory Overload Produces Sloppy Policy
Washington policymaking is caught in its own version of sensory overload. All at once, there are too many problems that…Continue reading
Getting Serious about Our Financial Mess
The best way to clear your head of the political chatter that passes for policy debate in Washington is to…Continue reading
The Downfall of the Waxman-Markey Bill: Politics-as-Usual Meets Climate Change
The House Energy and Commerce Committee’s recent approval of the Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill presents a crucial test for serious advocates…Continue reading
In the Debates over Economic Policy — and the Sotomayor…
President Obama’s nomination of Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court hasn’t triggered a conservative firestorm; and like the dog that…Continue reading
The Courage and Cunning of the Administration’s Health Care Plans…
The administration’s new health care initiative has the distinctive “yes, but†quality of the Obama banking and housing plans: The…Continue reading
Efficient Markets and the Economic Meltdown
I found myself this week addressing the chairman of the SEC and three other commissioners at a forum on short…Continue reading
The Political Challenges We Face To Preserve the Earth
It’s Earth Day as I write this, and the challenges to preserve the Earth as we know it are momentous…Continue reading
How the Housing Crisis Can Change National Attitudes
The Great Depression deeply affected the attitudes of the generation that came of age in the 1920s and 1930s. For…Continue reading